Malawi

Staff

Country Director

Arthur Nkosi serves as Director of CorpsAfrica/Malawi. He has worked within the service industry for Fortune 500 companies in the United States and has over twelve years of banking experience in micro-finance. As the Chief Human Resources Officer at Opportunity International Bank of Malawi, where he managed a workforce of more than 600 employees, his focus was on staff development and organizational behavior. Since that position, Arthur has worked as the Client Portfolio Director with Non-Government Organizations and Government entities in Malawi to build sustainable communities through financial services. Arthur has a BA in Marketing and Business Administration from the University of Indianapolis (US) and a PgD in Leadership and Change Management from Leeds Beckett University (UK). He lives in Lilongwe with his wife and two children. Email: ankosi@corpsafrica.org.

Program Coordinator

Sarah Kazira graduated from African Bible University in 2015, with a Bachelor of Arts in Christian Community Leadership. Soon after graduation, she started working with Makwelero youth organization, which she co-founded. In this role, she taught language literacy to primary school children, as well as computer literacy to teachers. She also volunteered at Student Driven Solutions as a mentor and helped in teaching financial literacy skills to adolescent girls and helped them in starting a small businesses. Sarah served as a CorpsAfrica Volunteer in Malawi’s Group 1, and was placed in Nsondole village in Zomba district. During her service, she worked closely with the local schools on mentoring, irrigated school gardens, youth empowerment, and girls clubs. She also served as a volunteer teacher. After service, Sarah did a three-month internship with One Acre Fund where she was focusing on the organization’s growth and expansion. She is now pleased to be back with CorpsAfrica as a Program Coordinator. Email: skazira@corpsafrica.org.

Program Coordinator

Tusayiwe Sikwese is a Bachelor of Arts -Humanities degree (English Literature) holder from the University of Malawi. She worked as a Research Assistant for different organizations in Lilongwe, both during and after college. Tusa joined Trans-World Radio Malawi in June 2015 as a volunteer presenter for a youth program. She is an active member of the Rotaract Club of Lilongwe and serves on the Professional Development committee. Tusa successfully completed the 2014/2015 Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) Training in Zimbabwe (Chimanimani, Outward Bound). She served as a CorpsAfrica Volunteer in Malawi and was one of the 12 Volunteers of the first cohort to serve in her country. During her service, she worked closely with girls in her community. She mentored, counseled and trained them in re-usable pad making skills to help keep them in school and empower them with independent income generation. She also worked with the community to institute a goat husbandry project aimed at helping 420 people in the next five years. Tusa is currently working as a Program Coordinator for CorpsAfrica/Malawi. Email: tsikwese@corpsafrica.org.

Impact Assessment Coordinator

James Matipwiri graduated in 2015 with a Bachelor of Education Science Degree from University of Malawi, Chancellor College, with a major in physics/electronics and a minor in chemistry. He served as a CorpsAfrica Volunteer in Dedza East, where he worked in partnership with The Hunger Project-Malawi. Before CorpsAfrica, he worked at Population Services International (PSI Malawi) as a Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant on the HIV Self Testing Africa (STAR) project, in collaboration with Malawi-Liverpool Wellcome Trust. He has worked as an ICT Intern at Plant and Vehicle Hire Organization (PVHO)-Malawi during school breaks. James co-founded Shiftech Systems and worked as a Digital Engineer (part-time), which focused on developing websites for small business enterprises. He has also worked as a Research and Development Associate at Padoko Electronics, which focuses on solving energy problems in rural areas using low-cost bicycle-powered generators to power gadgets like mobile phones and flashlights. James is concerned about saving and preserving the natural environment, basic education, and sustainable energy development. He enjoys travelling and playing soccer during his free time.